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Sharpen your axe （斧頭）

A young man came to a logging camp and asked for a   41  . “That depends. ”replied the foreman（工頭）. “Let’s see you   42   this tree.”

    The young man   43   and skillfully cut down a great tree.   44  , the foreman announced, “You can start Monday.”

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and on Thursday afternoon the foreman   45   the young man and said, “You can pick up your   46   on the way out today.”

      47  , the young man replied, “I thought you paid on Friday.”

“Normally we do,” said the foreman. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve   48  . Our daily felling   49   show that you’ve dropped from first place on Monday to last place today.”

    “But I’m a hard worker,” the young man   50  . “I am the first to arrive and the last to leave, and even have worked   51   my coffee breaks!”

    The foreman,   52   the young man’s honesty,   53   for a minute and then asked, “Have you been sharpening your axe?”

    The young man replied, “No, sir, I’ve been working too hard to do that !”

    Our   54   are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t   55   time to sharpen the axe. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than   56  , but less happy in the end. Why is that?   57   it be that we have forgotten how to stay sharp?

    There’s   58   wrong with activity and hard work. But we shouldn’t get so busy that we ignore the truly   59   things in life. We all need time to relax, to think and plan, to learn and grow. If we don’t spend time sharpening the axe, we will become dull and lose our   60  .

41. A. tour                  B. stay                         C. job                          D. suggestion

42. A. fell                    B. reduce                    C. measure                 D. surround

43. A. stood back      B. put up                  C. set off                     D. stepped forward    

44. A. Hesitant            B. Impressed               C. Encouraged             D. Inspired

45. A. approached     B. marched              C. appreciated             D. escaped

46. A. tools                 B. luggage                  C. paycheck                D. prize

47. A. Annoyed           B. Delighted                C. Moved                     D. Surprised

48. A. caught up         B. fallen behind           C. finished up              D. gave in  

49. A. teams               B. groups                    C. leaders                   D. records

50. A. explained      B. objected                 C. persuaded              D. predicted

51. A. across              B. to                            C. through                   D. beyond

52. A. sensing            B. guessing                 C. noticing                   D. watching

53. A. laughed            B. rested                     C. worked                    D. paused

54. A. families             B. conditions               C. dreams                   D. lives

55. A. spend               B. waste                      C. take                        D. cost

56. A. ever                  B. even                       C. once                       D. usual

57. A. Must                 B. Should                    C. May                         D. Could

58. A. something      B. nothing                 C. anything                  D. everything

59. A. hard                 B. tough                      C. important                D. interesting

60. A. confidence     B. faith                       C. effectiveness       D. belief

【回答】

41—45CADBA     46—50CDBDA     51—55CADDC     56—60ADBCC

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